The word lituus originally meant a curved augural staff, or a curved war-trumpet in the ancient Latin language. This Latin word continued in use through the 18th century as an alternative to the vernacular names of various musical instruments.
A lituus (reverse, right, over the patera) as cult instrument, in this coin celebrating the pietas of the Roman Emperor Herennius Etruscus.
Image: Gaius Cassius Longinus and Lentulus Spinther. 42 BC. AR Denarius
A crozier or crosier is a stylized staff that is a symbol of the governing office of a bishop or abbot and is carried by high-ranking prelates of Roman Catholic, Eastern Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox,Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church,and some Anglican, Lutheran, United Methodist and Pentecostal churches.
Western-style crozier of Archbishop Heinrich II of Finstingen [de] (1260–86) in the Treasury of Trier Cathedral
Eastern-style crozier of the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch with serpents representing the staff of Moses
Eastern Orthodox tau-shaped crozier belonging to St. Dimitry of Rostov in Rostov museum
Eufemia Szaniawska, Abbess of the Benedictine Monastery in Nieśwież with a crozier, c. 1768, National Museum in Warsaw
![Western-style crozier of Archbishop Heinrich II of Finstingen [de] (1260–86) in the Treasury of Trier Cathedral](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Crosiere_of_arcbishop_Heinrich_of_Finstingen.jpg/306px-Crosiere_of_arcbishop_Heinrich_of_Finstingen.jpg)
